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Achievement First Boards of Directors

A talented and experienced group of professionals comprise Achievement First’s Network Support Board of Directors and the school-facing boards in New Haven, Bridgeport, Hartford, Brooklyn and Rhode Island. Our boards’ strong expertise in multiple fields—education, community development, business, law, youth programming and finance—allow them to provide strong governance and oversight of our schools.
Achievement First Network Support Board
Achievement First Bridgeport Academy Board
Achievement First Brooklyn Board
Achievement First Hartford Academy Board
Achievement First Rhode Island Board
Amistad Academy Board
Elm City College Preparatory Board

Achievement First Network Support Board

  • Officers

    • Andrew Boas, Chair
      General Partner, Carl Marks Management Co., LP
      Westport, CT
    • Tony Davis, Treasurer
      Founder and Managing Partner, Inherent Group, LLC
      New York, NY

  • Directors

    • K. Percy Ballah
      Pastor, Impact Center PVD
      Providence, RI
    • William Buck
      Treasurer, The Peter & Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation
      New York, NY
    • John Motley
      Founder and CEO, Motley Consulting
      New Haven, CT
    • Valerie Rockefeller
      Chair, Rockefeller Brothers Fund
      New York, NY
    • Griselda Rodriguez-Solomon
      Professor, City University of New York (CUNY)
      Brooklyn, NY
    • Ariela Rozman
      Chief Operating Officer, Reconstruction
      Brooklyn, NY

Achievement First Bridgeport Academy Board

  • Officers

    • Rajeev Lakra, Chair
    • Michael Strambler, Vice Chair
    • Dewey Loselle, Treasurer
    • Marlene Macauda, Secretary

  • Directors

    • Kimberly Bruce
    • Ruben Felipe
    • Ebrima Jobe
    • Dick Kalt
    • RoAnne Thompson

  • Archived Agendas and Minutes

    • Download all 2020-21 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2019-20 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2018-19 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2017-18 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2016-17 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2015-16 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2014-15 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2013-14 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2012-13 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.

Achievement First Brooklyn Board

  • Officers

      • Romy Coquillette, Chair
      • Christopher Lynch, Vice Chair
      • Warren Young, Treasurer

  • Directors

    • William Robalino
    • Amy Arthur Samuels
    • Kevin Miquelon
    • Desiree Dalton
    • Tamika Bradley
    • Anup Menon
    • Akeem Frett
    • Josh Vidro
    • Jon Atkeson
    • Paul Cabana
    • Shawn Warren

  • Archived Agendas and Minutes

    • Download all 2020-21 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.

Achievement First Hartford Academy Board

  • Officers

    • Erwin Hurst, Sr, Chair
    • Jessica Glover, Vice Chair

  • Directors

    • Lisa Tanen-LaFontaine
    • Alice Turner
    • Francoise Deristel-Leger
    • Charon Smalls
    • Surbhi Patel

  • Archived Agendas and Minutes

    • Download all 2020-21 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2019-20 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2018-19 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2017-18 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2016-17 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2015-16 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2014-15 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2013-14 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2012-13 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.

Achievement First Rhode Island Board

  • Officers

    • Mayor Brett Smiley, Chair
    • Maryellen Butke, Vice Chair
    • James Wiley, Treasurer

  • Directors

    • John Igliozzi
    • Mayor Charles Lombardi
    • Macky McCleary
    • Jo-Ann Schofield

  • 2022-23 AF Rhode Island Board Meeting Schedule

    • Monday, August 29, 2022, at 4:00 pm / Sprout Coworking + Zoom meeting
      agenda | minutes | recording
    • Monday, September 26, 2022, at 5:30 pm / Venue TBD and Zoom
      agenda | canceled due to lack of quorum
    • Monday, December 5, 2022, at 5:30 pm / Zoom
      agenda | minutes | recording
    • Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at 5:30 pm / Providence City Hall, 25 Dorrance Street – Room 305, 3rd Floor / Zoom
      agenda | minutes | recording
    • Treasurer Call, Tuesday, April 4, 2023, at 11:30 am / Zoom
      agenda | minutes | recording
    • Monday, April 10, 2023, at 5:30 pm / Zoom meeting + Sprout Coworking Space (Annex Training Room) – 166 Valley St Building 6M Suite 103, Providence, RI 02909
      agenda | minutes | recording
    • Monday, June 5, 2023 Board Meeting postponed – Date TBD

  • 2022-23 AF Rhode Island Committee Meeting Schedule

    • Finance Committee meets on Zoom
    • Personnel Committee meets on Zoom

  • Committee Meetings

  • Treasurer’s Call

    • Monday, May 16, 2022, 11:00 am
    • | agenda | no Committee quorum, no a public meeting

  • Budget

    • Download the 2019-20 budget here.

  • Archived Agendas and Minutes

    • Download all 2019-20 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2019-20 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2018-19 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2017-18 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2016-17 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2015-16 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2014-15 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2013-14 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.

Amistad Academy Board

  • Officers

    • Lorraine Gibbons, Acting Chair

  • Directors

    • Jennifer Alexander
    • Ethan Tyminski
    • Linda Darkwah
    • Shannelle Whyte
    • Yashira Agosto
    • Zihan Su

  • 2022-23 Amistad Academy Committee Meeting Schedule

    • Amistad Academy Joint High School Committee, Personnel Sub-Committee
      Tuesday, August 9, 2022 at 5:30 pm / Zoom meeting
      agenda | minutes | recording
    • Amistad Academy Joint High School Committee
      Thursday, August 18, 2022 at 9:00 am / Zoom meeting
      agenda | minutes | recording
    • Amistad Academy Joint High School Committee
      Wednesday, October 12, 2022, 4:30 pm / Zoom meeting
      agenda | minutes | recording
    • Amistad Academy Joint High School Committee
      Monday, November 14, 2022, 4:30 pm / Zoom meeting
      agenda | minutes | recording
    • Amistad Academy Joint High School Committee
      Wednesday, January 18, 2023, 4:30 pm / Zoom meeting
      agenda | minutes| recording
    • Amistad Academy Finance Committee Meeting
      Thursday, March 2, 2023, 11:00 am / Zoom meeting
      agenda | minutes | recording
    • Amistad Academy Personnel Committee
      Monday, March 27, 2023, 11:00 am / Zoom meeting
      agenda | minutes | recording
    • Amistad Academy Joint High School Committee
      Monday, May 22, 2023, 4:30 pm / Zoom meeting
      agenda | minutes | recording

  • Archived Agendas and Minutes

    • Download all 2020-21 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2019-20 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2018-19 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2017-18 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2016-17 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2015-16 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2014-15 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2013-14 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2012-13 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.

Note: Under Connecticut state law, charter schools must post their yearly schedule of board meetings, as well as the agenda and minutes of each meeting

Elm City College Preparatory Board

  • Officers

    • Dick Ferguson, Chair
    • Laura Saverin, Treasurer
    • Stephanie Ma, Secretary

  • Directors

    • Patric Gregory
    • Prish Pierce
    • LaVonta Bryant
    • Katie Hagen
    • Erica DeMond

  • 2022-23 Elm City College Preparatory Committee Meeting Schedule

    • Finance Committee meets on Zoom
      • Wednesday, September 21, at 1:00 PM
        agenda | minutes | recording
      • Wednesday, November 22
        agenda | no quorum – public meeting cancelled
      • Wednesday, March 8, at 10:00 AM
        agenda | minutes | recording
    • Personnel Committee meets on Zoom

  • 2021-22 Elm City College Preparatory Personnel Committee Meeting Schedule

  • Archived Agendas and Minutes

    • Download all 2020-21 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2019-20 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2018-19 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2017-18 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2016-17 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2015-16 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2014-15 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2013-14 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.
    • Download all 2012-13 school year meeting agendas and minutes here.

Note: Under Connecticut state law, charter schools must post their yearly schedule of board meetings, as well as the agenda and minutes of each meeting.

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